Ello ello this is my first ever Jane Austin fic.

I will admit that I wrote this fic to help me get my normal artwork out of the Regency style. So bare with me, it's been a while since I have written anything.

Anyways: I do not own the rights to Pride and Prejudice I am not even worthy of borrowing such amazing characters from Jane Austin.

If you notice any spelling or grammar errors please tell me. I have no beta and going over things yourself you are bound to miss things.

Also to see some art for this story, please see my Deviant art site: heavenlymaron dot deviantart dot com

Enjoy~


The first thing that Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy noticed as he entered the Meryton branch of Debenshire Consulting was the laughter of a petite brunette in a charming charcoal grey skirt suit. The second thing he noticed was that the very same smiling brunette was entering the same elevator as him. "What floor?" he mumbled trying to keep his attention on the report he was previously reading for the better part of the morning.

"Five please." She turned and smiled to politely thank him before resuming her gaze to the dull metal doors of said elevator for a brief moment before giving into the urge of ridding this small moving steel prison of it's pregnant silence. "I'm sorry, I don't think we have met." Her denim blue eyes sparkled for a moment and extended her hand for a handshake. "Hi, I'm Elizabeth. How'd ya do?"

The young business man blankly starred at her for a moment before firmly shaking her hand. "William" he simply stated.

His demeanor seemed to bring out a playful look in her eyes "Well William," turning her attention to the chime of the elevator for a moment. "This is my stop; I hope to see you around sometime." She smiled before making her graceful exit out of the elevator.

The young chairman stood there dumbly watching the enchanting brunette through the closing elevator doors. "Probably someone's secretary, not worth my time." He assured himself, while waiting for the metal box to make it's way up to the top floor occasionally thinking of the bright blue eyes of a certain milk chocolate haired nobody before making the retreat to his new temporary office.

The light pitched chime of the elevator took Charlotte Lucas's attention the moment it rang. 'Mr. Bingly doesn't come in for another good 15-20 minutes and Mr. Darcy is not set to arrive until next Monday.' She mused. Quickly realizing it was the later of the two "Go-- Good morning Mr. Darcy, we were not expecting you until next week." The befuddled secretary rose to poor the boss a cup of coffee.

"The coffee will not be necessary Miss Lucas. Please tell Mr. Bingly that I would like to see him when he arrives. Until then I don't want to be disturbed." Darcy promptly walked into his office before shortly returning to the reception area. "Miss Lucas, would you care to explain to me why there is no computer in my office?" he glared at Mr. Bingly's poor assistant.

Charlotte softly gulped "The IT department are doing some updates to your system, sir. They'd said that it would only take a day or…"

"Unacceptable, I want their manager on my phone, now!" He seethed and stormed into his office.

"Mr. Darcy" Charlotte's nervous voice spoke over the intercom.

"Yes, Miss Lucas?" he sighed and released the intercom switch.

"I called down to the help desk and they said that Eliza was not in her office, I'm trying to call her cell now." The intercom replied.

"Good" Mr. Darcy snapped "Please tell Mr. Lieza or whatever his name is to get off of his bloody rear end and do the job my company pays him for. I want my computer hooked up and ready to go within the next thirty minutes, is that clear Miss Lucas?" Darcy fumed.

"Of all the…. WHAT AN ASS!" the speaker phone erupted.

"Lizzy!?" Charlotte jumped at the sudden outburst before quickly picking up her phone's receiver. "Why didn't you say something when you answered? How much did you here?"

"I did say hello, but apparently you didn't hear me over that pompous prick…" the female over the phone fumed.

"Now Lizzy…" Charlotte tried to calm her friend.

"Don't 'Now Lizzy' me Charlotte; I don't give a rat's ass who he is. First of all he called me lazy…" she started.

"He did not" Charlotte started.

"He implied it" the receiver shot back "Then there is the fact that he was talking down to you and then to add insult to injury he called me a MAN! A MAN! Charlotte! The sexiest bastard was not even scheduled to be here for a week!" the phone screeched.

"He didn't know any better, Lizzy. He hasn't met you…" Charlotte tried to play peacekeeper.

"It doesn't matter that we have not been properly introduced, he assumed." Charlotte could here her friend take a deep calming breath over the phone before continuing. "Char, tell that jerk I'll be up in less then 15 minutes." And with that the call ended.

When Lizzy entered her department's area her blue eyes were darken with anger. Her staff knew full well to keep her distance when she was like this. "Tom!" she snapped. "Get me one of the loaner laptops and a form !" she demanded. "Oh and Tom?" she paused to calm herself, "Please tell my 9:00 interview that I will be running a little late and please be a dear and inform me the moment that the install on Mr. Darcy's desktop is done, thanks. I got my cell if you need me." With that she marched herself to the elevator laptop in hand and hit the up button.

The elevator ride was all too short for Lizzy, before she knew it she was looking at the face of her best friend since childhood, Charlotte. "Char, please let his royal pain in the ass know I have arrived with, oh look 20 minutes to spare." Sarcasm dripping off each word.

"Now Lizzy, you're gonna get fired if you keep that up." Charlotte reprimanded.

"Don't worry I'll be civil. Now if you don't mind, I got actual work to do." Eliza rolled her eyes.

"He just called Bingly in; let me buzz before you waltz your way in, Lizzy." Charlotte softly pushed the intercom switch.

"…I don't care if she is your girlfriend's sister I am not doing it. The last thing I need to subject myself to is a blasted babbling school girl that doesn't know the difference between a portfolio and a typewriter" The intercom blared.

'Crap' Charlotte muttered under her breath while shaking her head 'That's the last thing Lizzy needed to hear after he's already pissed her off.' Preparing for the worst, "Um Mr. Darcy," Charlotte started.

"What is it?" the intercom raged.

Lizzy placed a hand over her friend's mouth and whispered what to say. "The IT Manager is here to see you now." Charlotte repeated nervously.

'Well send him in then! I don't have all day." Mr. Darcy sneered and Mr. Bingly paled.

'I swear I am gonna push him out of the window when no one is looking. Or hit him with my car.' Lizzy went over the possible ways she could harm the new pain of her existence without being caught; getting up to forty three different possibilities before opening the door.

"Uh Will, did I for get to mentioned that our IT Manager is Ja-.." Mr. Bingly nervously started, hoping that the person opening the door did not here the conversation that he and Darcy were in the middle of.

"That's at least three times I have been insulted in less then ten minutes." Lizzy counted on her fingers as she successfully cut Bingly off. "I must admit that's a record." She smiled cheekily before she looked over to the man behind the desk "You!?" her eyes popped out. 'Figures, it's just my luck to have the cute guy I met in the elevator to be a total dick.' She glowered.

"I do not think you're in the right place miss, please return to your desk I doubt your boss would be too happy with his secretary wandering about." Darcy coldly stated.

'Oh no he didn't.' Lizzy was using what self restraint to not tell the jerk off and then bitch slapping him for good measure. "Excuse me?" she raised her voice.

"Will, you didn't" Bingly slapped his forehead. "Lizzy's the…"

"Make that four times." She held up four fingers. "And since you do not know who I am allow me to properly introduce myself this time Mr. Darcy." She paused and put an obviously fake smile on her face." My name is Elizabeth Bennett and I happen to be in charge of the IT and Call Center departments here along with managing and maintaining the servers we house at this location and the one's located at our sister branch in Kent. Graduating with honors from Stanford University with a double major of Computer Science and English lit." Eliza took a moment to gauge the look on Darcy's face. "How do you do?" she smirked. "Now if you don't mind, I'll set you up with a loner machine, until I have finished configuring your machine, unless you would prefer to use a computer without an operating system?" she raised her eyebrow waiting for a response. "I didn't think so." She paused, "Now if you would be so kind as to fill out this form and step away from your desk while I set this laptop up. I need to get back to my interviews."

For the first time in a very long time one Fitzwilliam Darcy was at a lost on what to say. First thing was anger for the tone she dared to use on him, then offended at her for the way that she spoke, shortly after the shock of her duties and education, then finally the guilt of what he said about her. He sighed and walked around his desk snatching the form from Lizzy's hands. "Do you have a pen?" he stated lamely.

Elizabeth gracefully pulled the pen holding her makeshift bun into place causing her chestnut locks to fall down her back and handed it to Mr. Darcy before crawling under his desk to set up the laptop and the printer. 'So would have so rather done this when I was not in a skirt.' She paused to pull her skirt down. "Well Mr. Darcy, your all plugged in all you need to do is turn it on." she stood up and readjusted her skirt once more. "I will have your desktop set up before the day is out." She peeked over to the form. "You forgot to sign here." She pointed to the bottom of the form. "Thank you, here's your copy." Handing him a canary colored sheet of paper. "If you need anything please have Charlotte call down. Nice meeting you, if you would excuse me." Lizzy plastered her best fake smile back onto her face "Oh and Charlie," she turned her attention to Mr. Bingly "I'm sorry I am going to have to miss lunch with you and my sister today, I am gonna have to push back my conference call with Kent. Unfortunately since my interviews are now going over. Please tell Janie that I am sorry and that I'll make it up to her." With that she left the office.

Charlotte stood and shook her head at her best friend "Eliza, one of these days you are going to have to learn how to hold your tongue. It's got a bad way of getting you into trouble." She warned and Lizzy could not help but roll her eyes at this. "By the way my dear Lizzy, Happy Birthday"

"Whatever…" Miss Bennett smiled and half heartedly waved her hand as the doors to the elevator closed.